The Jon Sims Center is located at 1519 Mission Street (between 11th Street and South Van Ness), South of Market, San Francisco, California

Event Type

Concert/Show

Organizer/Author

Bonnie Weinstein

In honor of Karl Marx, the BBC Rado 4's "In Our Time Greatest Philosopher Vote" winner, Bay Area United Against War is presenting a Benefit Presentation of Howard Zinn's one man play, MARX IN SOHO Starring Jerry Levy as Karl Marx Directed by Michael Fox Kennedy Saturday August 6, 2:00 PM Admission: Advance tickets $10.00, Door: $20.00 For advance tickets: send a check to:Bay Area United Against WarP.O. Box 318021San Francisco, CA 94131-8021 The premise of the play is that after Marx dies in 1883, he is able to see what's happening on earth for the next 100 years and comes back to talk about it. Imagine all Karl Marx would have to say after one hunred years of just being able to watch.

The single actor in this one-man show is Jerry Levy, who has been teaching sociology at Marlboro College and been acting with the Actors' Theater of Brattleboro since he moved there from Chicago in 1975. Originally directed by Michael Fox Kennedy of the Actors' Theater, Levy has been on the road with Zinn's version of Karl Marx for a year.